Subject: Gen. Wesley Clark Talks about Hillary and the Future
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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2014 14:38:10 -0400
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Today, General Wesley Clark was on the Diane Rehm show. He spoke candidly
and passionately about his support for Secretary Clinton. You will find the
links and script below. Please listen and share. I hope you are well on
this fine Autumn day.

*Click here to watch General Clark discuss Secretary Clinton as a potential
candidate for president.*
<https://www.youtube.com/v/uD9pOyUwe3I?start=1536&end=1599>

REHM: Would you, if Hillary Clinton decides to run, will you support her?

GEN. CLARK: Yes.

REHM: She is your candidate?

GEN. CLARK: She is my candidate. Yeah.

REHM: Nobody else out there on the Democratic side that you would support?

GEN. CLARK: Well, and let me explain. First of all, I’ve known Hillary for
over thirty years. I’ve watched her growth. I’ve admired her from a
distance. She was a remarkable lawyer in private practice in Little Rock. I
live there now and I talk to people who worked with her. They’ll tell you.
She was smart. She was absolutely determined on her cases. She saw deeply
in. She’s extremely effective in dealing with small groups. She’s a leader.
She’s fearless in speaking out. And I watched her as First Lady, Senator,
Secretary of State. I think there’s never been anybody quite so experienced
and capable who would stand for the Office of President of the United
States. I hope she’ll run.

*Click here to hear General Clark discuss Secretary Clinton's leadership. *
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD9pOyUwe3I&feature=youtu.be&t=44m50s>

GEN. WESLEY CLARK. Well, I do think that Hillary is a very strong leader. I
think she has a very robust view of what American capabilities and
responsibilities are, but I think to characterize her that way [as an
interventionist] would be unfair to the record. She did a lot of things as
secretary of state to raise the stature of economic diplomacy. We got
talking serious about energy developments. We’ve been trying to encourage
the Europeans to be less dependent on Russian energy. Ever since she became
secretary of state we have an assistant secretary of state who works energy
policies and things like that. She’s worked diligently with the Agency for
International Development to promote development abroad. So she’s taken a
much broader view than simply intervention. But on the other hand, there
are times, unfortunately in this world, where the United States may have to
use military power. Hopefully, we just deploy forces, not troops, but I
think Hillary as president would be strong enough to make those decisions
if required to do so.